Top 10 Clint Eastwood movies ranked: No 1 is ‘the greatest achievement in cinema history’
The Top 10 Clint Eastwood movies have been ranked on IMDb, and No 1 is "the greatest achievement in the history of cinema" according to Quentin Tarantino.
Top 10 Clint Eastwood movies ranked: No 1 is ‘the greatest achievement in cinema history’
(Image: GETTY)A titan of the New Hollywood, with a movie career spanning over 60 years, Clint Eastwood has an incredible back catalogue.
While the Oscar-winner has made some incredible movies behind the camera, which of his acting roles are the very best?
Film fan database IMDb has ranked the Top 10 of Eastwood’s movies and it turns out No 1 is “the greatest achievement in the history of cinema” according to Quentin Tarantino.
10. Kelly’s Heroes (1970) - 7.6/10
This World War II comedy heist movie saw Clint Eastwood star opposite Telly Savalas, Don Rickles and Donald Sutherland. The plot follows a group of American soldiers who learn about Nazi gold hidden behind enemy lines from a drunk German. As a result, they head off on a mission to steal it for themselves. While filming the movie, Eastwood was on the floor laughing after sharing some bad news with Sutherland.
(Image: GETTY)9. Escape from Alcatraz (1979) - 7.6/10
Based on the real-life 1962 prison escape from Alcatraz Island, Eastwood starred as escape ringleader Frank Morris. The critically acclaimed box office smash was the fifth and final collaboration between director Don Siegel and the star.
(Image: GETTY)8. Dirty Harry (1971) - 7.7/10
The first and only Dirty Harry movie to make the Top 10 saw Eastwood star as San Francisco homicide cop Harry Callahan. Violent and highly unorthodox in his methods of apprehending murders, the star’s character is famous for his use of a gigantic .44 Magnum and the line “Do I feel lucky? Well, do you, punk?”
(Image: GETTY)7. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) - 7.8/10
This revisionist Western directed by and starring Eastwood had him play a Missouri farmer whose family was murdered by Union militia during the American Civil War. After fighting for the Confederacy, his character Josey Wales becomes an outlaw pursued by bounty hunters and Union soldiers.
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